Bragg peak

Bragg peak
a peak in the Bragg curve reflecting a sharp increase in the intensity of ionization produced by an ionizing particle just before its velocity falls to zero.

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  • Bragg-Peak — Beim Durchgang durch Materie ionisieren schnelle, geladene Teilchen die Atome oder Moleküle, auf die sie treffen. Dabei verlieren sie schrittweise Energie. Meistens steigt der Energieverlust pro Wegeinheit während des Weges, den das Teilchen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bragg peak — The Bragg curve plots the energy loss of ionizing radiation during its travel through matter. For protons, α rays, and other ion rays, there is a pronounced peak in the curve immediately before the particles come to rest. This is called Bragg… …   Wikipedia

  • Bragg peak — noun A maximum in the graph of energy loss of a high energy particle, as it travels through matter, just before it comes to rest …   Wiktionary

  • Bragg diffraction — (also referred to as the Bragg formulation of X ray diffraction) was first proposed by William Lawrence Bragg and William Henry Bragg in 1913 in response to their discovery that crystalline solids produced surprising patterns of reflected X rays… …   Wikipedia

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  • Bragg-Kurve — Beim Durchgang durch Materie ionisieren schnelle, geladene Teilchen die Atome oder Moleküle, auf die sie treffen. Dabei verlieren sie schrittweise Energie. Meistens steigt der Energieverlust pro Wegeinheit während des Weges, den das Teilchen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bragg curve — a curve showing the increase in intensity of ionization produced by an ionizing particle as it loses velocity and energy; see also Bragg peak, under peak …   Medical dictionary

  • Pic de Bragg — Courbe de Bragg de particules alpha de 5,49 MeV dans l air Énergie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • William Bragg — may refer to:* William Henry Bragg (1862–1942); see Bragg Peak, Nobel Prize Winning physicist * William Lawrence Bragg (1890 1971); see Bragg s law, also a Nobel Prize Winning physicist and son of the above * Billy Bragg (born 1957), musicianee… …   Wikipedia

  • Fiber Bragg grating — A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is a type of distributed Bragg reflector constructed in a short segment of optical fiber that reflects particular wavelengths of light and transmits all others. This is achieved by adding a periodic variation to the… …   Wikipedia

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